Vyacheslav Zudov

Vyacheslav Zudov was born on January 8, 1942, in Bor, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast . He was a citizen of the Soviet Union and had various occupations during his life, such as an aircraft pilot , astronaut , and military personnel . Zudov was educated at the Gagarin Air Force Academy .

Throughout his career, he received numerous awards, including the Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" , Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR , Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" , Hero of the Soviet Union , Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" , and Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" .